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| Sherbrooke Castors | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| League | QMJHL |
| Operated | 1969 (1969) to 1982 & 1998 to 2003 |
| Home arena | Palais des Sports |
| Franchise history | |
| 1969–1973 | Trois-Rivières Ducs |
| 1973–1992 | Trois-Rivières Draveurs |
| 1992–1998 | Sherbrooke Faucons |
| 1998–2003 | Sherbrooke Castors |
| 2003–2011 | Lewiston Maineiacs |
| Previous franchise history | |
| 1962–1969 | Thetford Mines Canadiens |
| 1969–1982 | Sherbrooke Castors |
| 1982–1989 | Saint-Jean Castors |
| 1989–1995 | Saint-Jean Lynx |
| 1995–present | Rimouski Océanic |
TheSherbrooke Castors orBeavers (in English) was the name of two differentjunior ice hockey teams in theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League and another team in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League. Both later franchises played at thePalais des Sports inSherbrooke,Quebec, Canada.
The earlier Sherbrooke Beavers were asenior ice hockey team which won the1965 Allan Cup,[1] and previously played in the Quebec Eastern Provincial Hockey League, an amateur league and team from 1959 to 1962.[2]
The Sherbrooke Castors (1969-1982) moved toSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,Quebec in 1982, named theSaint-Jean Castors. In 1989 they were renamed theSaint-Jean Lynx. In 1995 the team moved toRimouski,Quebec to become theRimouski Océanic.
This original Castors franchise won thePresident's Cup in 1975, 1977 and 1982. The second incarnation never won. The Castors played in theMemorial Cup in those three years, and came closest to winning in 1982, when they lost in the tournament final to theKitchener Rangers.
On November 24, 1974 on the way to a game inChicoutimi; the team's bus was involved in an accident that killed Gaétan Paradis, and injured 30 more.[3]
The second Sherbrooke Castors team (1998-2003), originally theTrois-Rivières Draveurs, franchise moved to Sherbrooke in 1992 as theSherbrooke Faucons ("Falcons"). The Faucons were renamed to Castors in 1998 and moved toLewiston, Maine in 2003, to be renamed theLewiston Maineiacs. The Maineiacs folded in 2011, and the City of Sherbrooke received an expansion franchise in 2012 in the form of theSherbrooke Phoenix.
The following Castors/Faucons later played in theNational Hockey League:
